Rebirth of a Quasi-Immortal Spirit

"What could it be?" Gao Zhun frowned. She had considered that the answer might not be what she guessed, but she had used her internal vision to examine her own body and found nothing unusual. She had even examined this soul from Earth countless times. If there was a problem with her soul or something else, it would not have escaped her eyes.

Wuya Qiubai shook her head, but also comforted her, saying, "Didn't you recover quickly back then? As long as it's not something serious enough to completely lose your mind, there's no need to worry too much. We have more important things to do next."

"Something more important?"

As night fell, Gao Zhun's lips twitched. He looked at himself, a cultivator, yet dressed like a masked assassin, moving among the buildings where the Blood Shadow members lived. His mind replayed a conversation he'd had with a certain little girl back in Wu Yaqiubai's room—

“Yes, Xiao Ning is already working so hard taking care of things with Akemo. You don’t expect her to have an obligation to help us investigate things here now that I’m awake, do you?” Wu Yaqiubai said, adopting a lecturing tone as she took out two sets of what appeared to be night-clothes from her storage ring. “Here, this is the equipment I specially prepared for this kind of occasion. I don’t know if you can wear it. Tonight, you and I will split up. I have a complete map of the Blood Shadow’s internal building complex. You can use the map to investigate the recent activities of those people in the important areas.”

Taking the night clothes from Wuya Qiubai, Gao Zhun didn't immediately show any disgust, but instead asked, "And what about you?"

“This young lady?” Wu Yaqiu pointed to herself and said in a slightly deep voice, “Of course, I’m going to infiltrate the enemy’s Shadow Army. Before, it was just me alone, and exploring the Blood Shadow alone took up all my time. Now that I’ve finally found a helper, I have to go deep into the tiger’s den and at least copy down the map over there.”

And so, with the division of labor clear, Wu Yaqiu went to the Light and Shadow side, while she was assigned to the Blood Shadow side. In fact, the danger level on her side was relatively low, after all, she was now a nominal guest under the Blood Shadow. However, she was not worried about that person. Even if Wu Yaqiu stood in front of the people from the Light and Shadow, they might not be able to see her, after all, she was a short girl.

So, on this dark and stormy night, Gao Zhun, dressed alone in a black night-clothes, leaped and traversed the ceilings of various rooms, looking at him like a notorious thief.

"This outfit is really useful. I was able to jump over the rooftops of those people without being noticed." Cultivators are different from ordinary people. Their keen mental power alone can cover a large area, and Gao Zhun has not alerted a single person so far, which can only be attributed to the outfit that Wu Yaqiu gave her.

"pat~"

Having landed safely outside the Blood Shadow's meeting room, Gao Zhun, intending to eavesdrop from a hidden corner, was thwarted by a sharp sound.

Turning around in astonishment, he found a girl who looked no more than fifteen or sixteen years old staring at him with a shocked expression. The two looked at each other, and the conversation in the room abruptly stopped, falling into silence.

Gao Zhun swallowed hard. Was this a bad start for her? Was she about to be caught?

"Wei'er, why haven't you come in yet?" A middle-aged man's voice came from inside the room.

The girl called Wei'er frowned, glanced at Gao Zhun, and then her expression relaxed. As if she hadn't seen Gao Zhun at all, she walked straight to the door, pushed it open, and entered without even glancing at him.

"Huh?" Gao Zhun was a little dumbfounded. This person actually let her go? However, because she had been seen once, Gao Zhun knew that the eavesdropping position she had chosen was not hidden enough, so she changed to a blind spot where no one could see her no matter where they passed by.

She wouldn't leave because of this little incident. After all, she had just vaguely heard words like "light and shadow" and "Akomo," so she must have stumbled upon an important meeting tonight. However, the appearance of that girl named Vera was a bit strange. Why would they invite such a girl to attend such a meeting?

Soon, the people in the room cleared up Gao Zhun's confusion. It turned out that this Wei'er was Weng Yewei, the daughter of Weng Feichen, the Shadow Master of Blood Shadow. Tonight's meeting was mainly held around this Weng Yewei. After all, the name of this meeting was "On the Feasibility of Marriage between the Daughter of the Shadow Master of Blood Shadow and the Son of the Shadow Master of Light Shadow".

Actually, Gao Zhun still had some psychological barriers to eavesdropping on these pre-programmed conversations. Since entering this illusion, she hadn't really interacted with the people inside. She had wondered if they were the kind of people who only knew how to mechanically answer questions and whose actions were controlled by the Mirror Spirit Tianhua. However, the information she received from Wuya Qiubai was that this illusion was a near-perfect approximation of reality, deduced by their Wuya family ancestors using the power of time. In other words, everyone inside was no different from those outside the illusion.

"But it's still different, isn't it? They're not real." Gao Zhun murmured to herself. She wondered what the day would come when, through her and Wu Yaqiubai's efforts, the balance of this illusion was broken, and these people learned that they were just fictional characters. She wondered what their expressions would be. However, the truth would surely be cruel to them. Just as Gao Zhun couldn't imagine what it would feel like to be told that she was actually just a figure in someone's carefully crafted dream. She would probably go crazy.

That's what she thought, but when the meeting ended, she still cautiously followed behind Weng Yewei. This person hadn't revealed her existence from the moment she entered until she left, which was already a favor to her. At this moment, regardless of whether it was an illusion or not, she believed that she should repay kindness. This was her noble principle in life. If she ignored this favor because she thought the other person wasn't real, that would be too opportunistic. And she could say that she hated those who took advantage of loopholes the most.

Once Gao Zhun was certain that Weng Yewei had reached her own courtyard and that no one else was around, he emerged from the darkness and appeared before her openly. In his initial panic at being discovered, he hadn't really looked her closely. Now, she appeared to be a woman with a style completely different from anyone he had seen before. She possessed a stunningly beautiful face, yet the purity in her eyes added an air of innocence to that beauty, making her seem naive and untouched by the world.

Gao Zhun's sudden appearance startled Weng Yewei. She immediately looked around in a panic, and after confirming that no one was around, she said somewhat angrily, "Are you crazy? If you heard what you wanted to hear, you should leave, shouldn't you? Do you think all the envoys from outer space are as brainless as you? Aren't you afraid I'll have someone expose you?"

Gao Zhun smiled faintly and said, "Miss Weng is not that kind of person. If you wanted to implicate me, you should have done so during that meeting just now."

Weng Yewei was taken aback upon hearing this, her cheeks puffed out, and she said somewhat angrily, "How do you know I didn't want to expose you during the meeting? It's just that I couldn't see through your cultivation level at all, and I wasn't sure if you were eavesdropping outside. If you accidentally left, wouldn't I be hated by you, this ill-intentioned envoy from outer space? Judging from your appearance, your cultivation level is at least at the Golden Core stage. I can't guarantee that I can survive an assassination attempt by a Golden Core stage expert."

"Alright, alright." Gao Zhun looked at the girl in front of him with some amusement as she glared at him and pretended to be a bad guy. "I came back to express my gratitude. Thank you, Miss Weng, for your compassion and for letting me go."

"What's your name?" Perhaps it was Gao Zhun's extremely sincere attitude that eased some of Weng Yewei's suspicions, so she asked Gao Zhun's name.

In truth, Weng Yewei's thoughts were quite simple. She didn't want to put anyone in a bad situation, and in her view, Gao Zhun hadn't done anything wrong; he was merely eavesdropping, and there was no need for him to reveal it. However, being cornered at her courtyard gate by a stranger, especially one dressed as a man, meant she had to pretend she might call for help at any moment—a form of self-protection. Given her insufficient cultivation, she could only rely on the experts from the Blood Shadow faction for protection. But since Gao Zhun had stated his purpose and seemed harmless, asking his name shouldn't be a problem, right?

“This…” Gao Zhun shook his head, and sure enough, when he saw Weng Yewei pouting, his mood immediately improved: “Won’t Miss Weng know tomorrow? After all, you held such an important meeting tonight and have already reached a result. You will definitely call everyone together tomorrow to announce it, and I will formally introduce myself to Miss Weng at the meeting.”

"Ok."

After Weng Yewei nodded in agreement, Gao Zhun summoned the Biguangzi Sword and landed steadily on the sword lying in front of her. Unlike when she came cautiously, there were no people around outside now, and her night clothes provided protection, so she chose the fastest way back to the courtyard she had come from. As soon as she landed, she saw Wuya Qiubai, who had just changed back into her everyday clothes.

Gao Zhun and Wu Yaqiubai exchanged a smile and said at the same time, "A marriage alliance."

Unexpectedly, just one trip yielded such crucial information. A marriage alliance—for millennia, Blood Shadow and Light Shadow had attempted it countless times, each time ending in failure. However, this time the success rate was the highest ever, as the two protagonists were considered to be mutually in love by their respective leaders. At a time when the alliance was on the verge of collapse, this was undoubtedly a timely help. Gao Zhun and Wuya Qiubai had, without a doubt, joined forces to devise a plan to sabotage this marriage alliance.